2017
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English

Why not cash? The case for cash transfers for refugees in Mozambique

This report examines the great potential to provide cash transfers instead of in-kind aid to refugees in Maratane, the only refugee camp in Mozambique. It is one of a series of case studies building on the work of the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers. The Panel concluded that cash transfers are not used enough in humanitarian responses and not used in ways that take advantage of their transformative potential. Most of the country case studies look at how cash transfers have been and should be used at scale in large humanitarian responses with numerous aid organisations, donors and government agencies. The Mozambique case study is different because it focuses on one refugee camp, hosting a relatively small number of people, assisted by only a few agencies. By analysing the potential for cash transfers in Maratane camp, there is a better understanding of opportunities and obstacles in the humanitarian system to using cash transfers when they are appropriate.